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| backup_script [2025/06/10 17:38] – [Goals] -Remove "Action is based on using a here doc" hogwild | backup_script [2025/06/20 19:06] (current) – [Goals] thilo | ||
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| - | - You want to schedule a backup done via a cron job. | + | - You want to schedule a backup |
| - | - You want the script initiated from, and stored in a safe location | + | - You want the script initiated from, and stored in a safe location |
| - You do not wish to install SFTP just for these backups. | - You do not wish to install SFTP just for these backups. | ||
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| The script at the bottom of this page will create and download the backup without needing to have SFTP enabled on the router. | The script at the bottom of this page will create and download the backup without needing to have SFTP enabled on the router. | ||
| - | We could, of course, create the backup as a cron job on the router itself, and then use the mechanism applied in the script below to download the backup file. However, let's assume you want everything done in just one run of the script. To achieve this, the script covers creation of the backup in an individual file with timestamp and download. | + | You could, of course, create the backup as a cron job on the router itself, and then use the mechanism applied in the script below to download the backup file. However, let's assume you want everything done in just one run of the script. To achieve this, the script covers creation of the backup in an individual file with timestamp and download. |
| In this way, just one run of the script on the backup server will create the backup and download it to to a safe location. | In this way, just one run of the script on the backup server will create the backup and download it to to a safe location. | ||
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| - | - Command line arguments: backup directory, id-file and router (as IP address). \\ If provided, these will be used. Otherwise, the defaults will apply \\ (such Router IP from "ip r"). | + | - Command line arguments: backup directory, id-file and router (as IP address). \\ If provided, these will be used. Otherwise, the defaults will apply \\ (search |
| - Sometimes tar may fail. You can solve this by just cleaning. The next \\ cron run may do that. | - Sometimes tar may fail. You can solve this by just cleaning. The next \\ cron run may do that. | ||
| - All earlier backups from the same day are abandoned. | - All earlier backups from the same day are abandoned. | ||
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| # take date from localhost (i.e. backupserver) into backup filename | # take date from localhost (i.e. backupserver) into backup filename | ||
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| pushd ${DIR2BACKUP} > /dev/null | pushd ${DIR2BACKUP} > /dev/null | ||
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